Istanbul Okan University, established in 1999 by the Okan Culture, Education, and Sports Foundation in Istanbul, is a foundation university known for its modern approach to education. It stands out with its extensive academic programs and facilities offered to international students, emphasizing inclusivity and innovation in education.

The university's academic structure includes various academic units such as the Faculties of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Science and Letters, Engineering-Architecture, and Social Sciences Research Institutes. Since the 2003-2004 academic year, the university has been offering departments appealing to foreign students, such as German and Russian Translation and Interpretation, Industrial Development, and Foreign Trade.

The Tuzla Campus is equipped with modern classrooms, electronic and technical laboratories, libraries, conference halls, sports centers, cafeterias, and restaurants. Its proximity to Sabiha Gökçen Airport also offers students easy transportation options.

Known for its slogan "The University Closest to the Business World," Istanbul Okan University prepares students for the professional world by providing internship opportunities and industrial collaboration agreements. The university has established cooperation agreements with organizations such as Türk Telekom AŞ and DEK.

In terms of international collaborations and educational opportunities, the university has signed cooperation protocols with Franklin University, Ball State University, and three universities in China, playing an active role in the international arena.

Istanbul Okan University offers education in its Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry. These faculties have special quotas for international students and offer English-taught programs.

The university provides an active campus life with facilities like a 400-person sports center, swimming pool, and tennis courts. Additionally, student clubs and social activities contribute to the social and cultural development of students.

    Justice

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
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    Cooking

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Computer programming

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Foreign trade

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • English

    Foreign trade

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Electricity

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Graphic design

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Map and Cadastre

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Interior Design

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Construction Technology

    6.000 USD/Annual
    • Associate
    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
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    Construction Technology

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Occupational health and Safety

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    Occupational health and Safety

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    • 2 year(s)
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    Business Administration

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Machine

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Mechatronics

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    • 2 year(s)
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    Architectural restoration

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Mobile Technologies

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Civil Air Transport Management

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • English

    Civil Air Transport Management

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Civil Aviation Cabin Services

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • English

    Civil Aviation Cabin Services

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Sports Management

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Aircraft Technology

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Flight Operations Management

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Operating Room Services

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Operating Room Services

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Anesthesia

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Anesthesia

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Child Development

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Dialysis

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
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    Electroneurophysiology

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    First and Emergency Aid

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    First and Emergency Aid

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Odyometry

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
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    Odyometry

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
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    Optically

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
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    Optically

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Pathology Laboratory Techniques

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Radiotherapy

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Medical Imaging Techniques

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • Evening Education
    • 2 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Medical Imaging Techniques

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Medical Laboratory Techniques

    6.000 USD/Annual
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    • 2 year(s)
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    Medicine

    23.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 6 year(s)
    • English

    Medicine

    23.500 USD/Annual
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    • 6 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Dentistry

    20.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 5 year(s)
    • English

    Dentistry

    20.500 USD/Annual
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    • 5 year(s)
    • Turkish

    English teacher

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • 30% english

    Pre-school teaching

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Special Education Teaching

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Guidance and psychological counseling

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
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    Law

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Chinese Translation and Interpreting

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    English Translation and Interpreting

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Psychology

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Psychology

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • 30% english

    Russian Translation and Interpretation

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • russian

    Economy and Finance

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Business

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Business

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Logistics Management

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    International relations

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    International relations

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
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    international trade

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    international trade

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • 4 year(s)
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    Music

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
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    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Theatre

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
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    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    musicology

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Computer engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Industrial Engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Genetics and Bioengineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Civil Engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Civil Engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Mechanical Engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Mechatronic Engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    automotive engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Software engineering

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Nutrition and Dietetics

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Nutrition and Dietetics

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Child Development

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Physical therapy and rehabilitation

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Physical therapy and rehabilitation

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Nursing

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Nursing

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Visual communication design

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    architecture

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    architecture

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Cinema and Television

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

    6.500 USD/Annual
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    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Information Systems and Technologies

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Information Systems and Technologies

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Gastronomy and culinary arts

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Gastronomy and culinary arts

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Public relations and advertising

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Aviation Management

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish

    Pilotage

    8.000 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • English

    Sports Management

    6.500 USD/Annual
    • Bachelor
    • Full Time
    • 4 year(s)
    • Turkish
Abdullah Mahmood
  • 3.0

I am doing MBA from Okan University. I'm from Pakistan. Okan has a large number of international students. The university's departments of medicine, BDS and business studies are somewhat better. None of the other departments are good. If you are looking to get admission in any of these three then come. Otherwise, there are many universities in Turkey that are better than Okan. Also the fees are quite high if you got a scholarship like I got then definitely come otherwise there are cheaper universities in Turkey than Okan. Overall I rate the university six out of ten. At number minus four are the tasteless (50/50 menu) mess food, the sluggishness of the International Student Affairs Department and the high fees.

Lay
  • 1.0

Even one star is too much for this awful place. This university is nothing but a waste of your money, a bunch of thieves. The amount of problems I faced the minute I stepped into this place is more than I can list in here. Problems with all kinds of things including the language, the professors, the exams, the grading system, and so much more. Such poor educational system with professors that can’t even speak English properly with. Some of them even switch to Turkish sometimes like when this one professor got mad at us once for not being active and for not answering the questions from the previous lectures, that must’ve been a joke because she’s the problem herself. She kept talking and talking and didn’t even respect the fact that there are so many foreign students in the class that will not understand what she’s saying and yet she just kept going. I had 3 professor for the same course where each one of them had completely different ppt slides and teaching methods, yet after all that confusion, I had one test made by god knows which one of them. I had to do a 6 weeks internship in a hospital in which no one speaks a word of English and I had to get evaluated at the end of the internship, how is that even possible? A professor gave me a zero on my assignments even though I did them all on time and way before the due date. I tried to tell her about my issue but she kept leaving me on delivered for weeks and completely ignoring my messages. It took her more than a month to fix my grade and throughout the process she still ignored my messages and does not even reply until I send her more than one message. How do you expect students to pass their courses when you’re making everything extremely complicated and difficult for them? This just proves that this university is only after the students’ money. They don’t care about giving their students the education they’re paying good money to get. If you truly care about your well being and mental health, do not even think about going here.

ÄMÏRÓÒ MÖQÏ
  • 1.0

An awful place which waste your money and your career, this uni doesn't have a certain schedule and they are all thieves. Don't burn your money and don't waste your time in this place. You may have so many choices better than Okan. Don't trust their words. Even one star is too much for this place!

Miriam Ricciardi
  • 5.0

I studied at Okan University during my Erasmus, in spring 2019. I loved everything: from my wonderful teachers in the Architecture department to my classmates, kind and always ready to give me a hand, especially the first days of university. I appreciated the organization of the dormitory and the canteen, the two large libraries where you can study, the swimming pool and the gym for your free time. The campus has all the amenities, very close to the airport and well connected to the centre. I was there for only 4 and I didn't have any negative experience, in fact one night I was sick and the doctors and nurses in the dormitory took good care of me even though we didn't speak the same language. I recommend this university to all Erasmus students and I would be very happy to go back.

Blades Of Saint
  • 1.0

If you care about your soul, do not enter dentistry in this university. Or long story short, don’t enter this university. I’m not alone, all the reviews will tell you the same. DO NOT COME HERE. Genuinely please don’t come to this university.

Istanbul
  • Population 15.907.951
  • Student Count 1.453.543
  • Foreign Student Count 97.865
  • University Count 58
  • Library Count 35
  • Museum Count 54
  • Coastal? Yes
  • Train Station Available Yes
  • Airport Count 3
  • Nearest Airport İstanbul Havalimanı (IST)
  • Train Station Count 68

İSTANBUL

Istanbul is the only city established on two continents in the world, extending on one side to Asia and the other to Europe. Bosphorus in the heart of the city connects the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea. Istanbul is Turkey's most developed and largest city. The city's settlement dates back to 400,000 thousand years ago. Istanbul, which hosts many different civilizations and beliefs, is still maintaining its cultural structure. 

TRANSPORTATION

You can reach İstanbul by road, railway, airway, and sea. 

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Hagia Sophia Museum

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Galata Tower

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Çırağan Palace

Çırağan Palace, built by Ottoman Sovereign Sultan Abdülaziz, is also known as Beşiktaş Palace due to its location. In this palace, which has a magnificent and majestic structure, proms, weddings and parties are organized.

Yerebatan Sarnıcı (Basilica Cistern)

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